1998 JEEP WRANGLER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING IT WAS RAINING AND SOMEONE CUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER VEHICLE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON, INDICTATING A DEFECT IN THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. ALSO SPEEDOMETER FAILED. . DEALER HAS NOT FIXED THE DEFECTS. *AK THE TACHOMETER FAILS WHEN THE SPEDOMETER STARTS TO WORK. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING INSTRUMENT PANEL FLASHED ON/OFF, ALL GAUGES FAIL TO WORK. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

EXHAUST MANIFOLD/HEADER CRACKED LATERALLY IN STAINLESS STEEL PIPE IN TWO PLACES JUST OFF OF ENGINE. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED AN ODOR ASSOCIATED WITH LEAKING ANITFREEZE. 3 DIFFERENT TRIPS TO MAKE REPAIRS, NO ACTION ON FIRST TRIP, SECOND TRIP, DEALER REPLACED THERMOSTAT HOUSING, THIRD TRIP, DEALER REPLACED RADIATOR. VEHICLE STILL HAS ODOR AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SEAT BELTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ON RIGHT HAND SIDE AND ONCE ON LEFT HAND SIDE DUE TO BELTS GETTING PINCHED IN HARDTOP DOORS AND DAMAGING BELTS. BELT ON RIGHT HAND HAS HAD FAILURE OF SEAT BELT INERTIA LOCK DURING HARD STOP. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT VARIOUS TIMES, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FAILED MOMENTARILY. FIX WAS TO CLEAN AND GREASE CONNECTORS. SYSTEM IS STARTING TO REPEAT SAME PROBLEM, AND DEALER CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM. STEERING COLUMN LOWER BUSHING HAS DEVELOPED NOISE, AFTER RAIN OR ONSET OF COLD WEATHER. DEALER STATES FIX IS TO LUBE BUSHING, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS AFTER 4 DEALER VISITS. REAR AXLE SEALS ON LEFT HAND AND RIGHT HAND WERE LEAKING, RESULTING IN REAR WHEEL LOCKUP WITH MODERATE BRAKE APPLICATION ON DAMP PAVEMENT OR SANDY ROAD SURFACES. DEALER REPLACED BOTH SEALS, BUT NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT POSSIBLE BRAKE LINING CONTAMINATION OR CLEANING. VEHICLE HAS HAD REPEATED WATER LEAKAGE FROM AROUND WINDSHIELD ON LEFT AND RIGHT HAND SIDES, RIGHT HAND HARDTOP DOOR HINGE ATTACH BOLTS, THRU SEALS ON COWL AND AROUND DOORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED ALL SEALS, RTV'D GAPS, AND INSTALLED UPDATED DOOR SEALS, BUT VEHICLE STILL LEAKS. ALSO, CARPETS WERE WATER DAMAGED IN FRONT PASSENGER AREA DUE TO WATER LEAKAGE FROM VEHICLE BODY AND AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN KEPT FOR UP TO TWO DAYS ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR WATER LEAKS AND MULTIPLE REPAIR COMPLAINTS.*AK

STARTED VEHICLE AFTER IT HAD SAT FOR 13 HOURS. VEHICLE STARTED WITHOUT A PROBLEM, BUT A POP/CRACKLING SOUND WAS HEARD AT START-UP. THE RADIO WAS TURNED ON AND IT IMMEDIATLEY POWERED DOWN AND CLOCK WENT BLANK. ALL THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL READ "0". THE HEADLIGHTS, FOGLIGHTS, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WORK. THE INTERIOR LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. ALL FUSES FOR RADIO, INSTRUMENT PANEL AND INTERIOR LIGHT ARE NOT BLOWN. THIS IS THE FIRST INCIDENT OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE.

THE REAR BRAKES PROVIDE NO STOPPING ASSISTANCE. WHEN YOU BACK UP ON ANY SURFACE AND APPLY THE BRAKES THE FRONT BRAKES [DISC] LOCK UP AND THE BACK WHEELS JUST KEEP ROLLING. THEY PROVIDE NO STOPPING ASSISTANCE AT ALL. *AK

VEHICLE LEANS ON ONE SIDE MORE THAN ON THE OTHER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE SUSPENSION , IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF THE BODY MOUNTS CAUSING TILTING. *AK

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD/HEADER CRACKS AT THE BOTTOM ON THE INSIDE PIPE I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OTHER PEOPLE AND IT IS APPERANTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON 1997 - 2000 MODELS. IT IS AN EMMISSIONS LEAK AND ALSO A POSSIBLE CORBON MONOXSIDE PROBLEM. I KNOW OF 8 JEEPS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND I HAVEN'T TALKED TO VERY MANY PEOPLE. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS THE SAME PART THAT IS NOW INSTALLED ON MY JEEP, SO I DON'T EXPECT IT TO LAST VERY LONG.

WATERLEAKS ON PASSENGER SIDE, DEALER CAN NOT FIX.....GEARS GRIND GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND...AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON, INTSRUMENT PANEL FAILS, DEALER HAS FIXED ONCE